Zelotes gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1983

Dean, David Allen, 2016, Catalogue of Texas spiders, ZooKeys 570, pp. 1-703 : 164-165

Zelotes gertschi Platnick & Shadab, 1983

Zelotes gertschi Agnew et al. 1985: 4; Bowen et al. 2004: 190; Calixto et al. 2013: 182; Cokendolpher et al. 2008: 9, 22 (photo 17); Irungu 2007: 30; Jackman 1997: 116, 164; Platnick and Shadab 1983: 131, mf, desc. (figs 76-81); Roberts 2001: 50; Trevino 2014: 12; Young and Edwards 1990: 17; Zolnerowich and Horner 1985: 83

Distribution.

Western 2/3 Texas; Archer, Bandera, Brown, Carson, Clay, Comanche, Coryell, Cottle, Erath, Hardeman, Hays, Hidalgo, Kerr, Kimble, Kleberg, Knox, Lubbock, Pecos, Potter, Randall, San Patricio, Travis, Val Verde, Webb, Wichita, Williamson

Locality.

Bill Haney Pecan Orchard, Buffalo Lake, Canoncita Ranch, Lake Meredith National Recreation Area, Matador Wildlife Management Area, Medicine Mounds Ranch, Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Pantex Lake (edge), Pantex Plant, Raven Ranch, Stiles Farm Foundation, Wildcat Bluff Nature Center

Time of activity.

Male (March - August, October - December); female (February - December)

Habitat.

(crops: cabbage, cotton, peanuts); (grass: grassland); (landscape features: on rocky ground, under [rock, stone]); (littoral: playa, edge of pond); (objects: under [board, cardboard, railroad tie]); (orchard: pecan); (soil/woodland: post oak savanna with pasture)

Method.

pitfall trap [mf] (edge of pond [mf])

Type.

Texas (male, San Patricio Co., 8 miles NE Sinton, August 4, 1960, H. E. Laughlin, holotype, AMNH)

Etymology.

Person (The specific name is a patronym in honor of Dr. Willis J. Gertsch, who first recognized the species as new, Platnick and Shadab 1983).

Collection.

DMNS, MSU, TAMU, WTAM